Airbus Industrie, based in Toulouse, France, and a subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), has signed an agreement with a group of Chinese industrial partners to set up a joint-venture manufacturing centre in Harbin, China, to make carbon-fibre composite parts as well as components for the Airbus A350XWB and Airbus A320 family.

Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer, and Turkey’s state-owned Turkish Aerospace Industries (Tusas) have signed a 500-million-dollar agreement under which the Turkish manufacturer will produce parts for Airbus A350 passenger aircraft.